Magnier and McManus target O’Neill as United manager

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MARTIN O’NEILL is the man Manchester United’s rebel shareholders will turn to if they succeed in their campaign to dethrone Sir Alex Ferguson. The Times has learnt that the Celtic manager’s name figures prominently in an ambitious battle plan drawn up by John Magnier and J. P. McManus as they prepare to launch a revolution designed to overthrow the Old Trafford establishment, with Ferguson the most notable of several high-profile targets.

Magnier and McManus, who own a 25.49 per cent stake in United, recognise that such a scheme is months, possibly years, from fruition, but they believe that the seeds